Disputes from 1944 to today trace the increasingly central role of government funding in shaping working conditions in the arts.
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Governments at all levels often assume arts funding is not electorally popular. New data shows they are wrong.
The artist population has fallen in all areas of Sydney, becoming less diverse, both racially and economically.
Australia’s video game developers are struggling to find funding in a structure that prioritises profit over artistry.
When Amyl and the Sniffers’ show was cancelled on Friday night, they placed $35,000 across the bars of seven prominent grassroots music venues around Melbourne.
Instead of treating creative work as a legitimate field, US labor policy, copyright law and the tax code have failed to offer artists stability or protection.
Khaled Sabsabi has been reinstated as Australia representative for the Venice Biennale. A review offers a damning but restrained post-mortem.
Four decades ago, amid a cost-of-living crisis, rising unemployment and stagnant wages, a unique partnership between artists and trade unions thrived.
Artists and arts workers are facing financial stress, gender pay gaps, long hours and unstable work – with many leaving the sector as a result.
What does ‘peer review’ and ‘arm’s lenth funding mean’? And what’s next for Creative Australia’s relationship with artists?
Arts and health is a broad field defined by its use of the arts to improve health and wellbeing. But Australia lacks a cohesive arts and health organisation.
Responding to calls from the creative sector to introduce a national strategy, the development of Amplify is timely and needed.
The past few months has seen the sudden departure of leadership from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Theatre, Opera Australia and the Adelaide Festival.
Sports policies in Australia focus on increasing participation at the grassroots. Arts policies tend to talk not so much about participation, but about audiences.
The return on government investments in arts and events should be measured over a decade, not a month.
Regional galleries are uniquely positioned to lead the transformation of Australia’s art industry towards greater cultural diversity.
In a recent two-week tour of China, I was aware of just one major exhibition of foreign art. What does this mean for Australian artists in China?
For Australia’s artists, the cost of living crisis is also a wellbeing and art making crisis. And the effects of this will reach us all.
The Australian live music industry is in crisis. Is $8.6 million for Revive Live enough to turn things around?
New research into the working lives of artists shows how, through lower take-home pay and volunteer hours for their community, Australia’s artists are subsidising our arts industry.
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Cultural Economy, Adelaide University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Cultural Policy and Creative Industries, Adelaide University
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Professor of Economics, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Arts Management and Human Resources, The University of Melbourne
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Artist, Curator, Producer, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries and ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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cultural policy consultant
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Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow in Music Industries and Cultural Economy, RMIT University
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Urban Geography and Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University